in the mines you have kids of 20 pulling $1400 per week after tax, and they risk it all to have a billy at the party on Saturday night.
That's coal mining and supposed to be a whole different ballgame to Flying... isn't it?
A lot of the jobs in mining are probably so mind-numbingly boring that the only excitement these kids get is on the weekends
Part of it is just that they're silly kids, experimenting with life and not thinking too hard about the consequences.. some will pay a high price for it.
I find it harder to comprehend why a pilot would want to do it, there's so much excitement in that job, why anyone would need drugs, must have other issues and probably shouldn't be flying in the first place